Trauma News

Low-profile anatomic plating systems offer a reliable fixation option with low complication rates for patients with metacarpal fractures, according to published results.

Artificial intelligence and robotics may provide accurate analysis and improve surgical outcomes of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, according to presenters.

In this video, Bryan J. Loeffler, MD, demonstrates the technique orthopedic surgeons at OrthoCarolina use for regenerative peripheral nerve integration of the superficial radial nerve.

Compared with an original, pill-based multimodal pain regimen, a generic multimodal analgesic strategy in trauma was more effective for managing pain and reducing opioid exposure after trauma surgery, according to published results.

Although patients who survived hip fracture experienced declines in function and well-being in the first year after hip fracture, published results showed measurable gains in function and well-being by 2 years after fracture.

Vegans have a higher risk for total fractures when compared with meat eaters, and vegans, fish eaters and vegetarians have an elevated risk for hip fractures, according to findings published in BMC Medicine.

Concussions and closed-head injuries in children were the most commonly reported sledding-related injury from 2008 to 2017, according to published results.

Arthroscopic osteocapsular arthroplasty for elbow contracture led to an increase in motion, good to excellent outcomes and good long-term survivorship, according to results from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Historically, management of ankle fracture pathology has focused primarily on obtaining congruity of the ankle mortise with focused surgical restoration of anatomic osseous alignment.

Results presented at the International Geriatric Fracture Society Virtual Annual Meeting showed no correlation between mobility, pain scores or discharge location and depression among geriatric patients with hip fracture.